Obituaries from the Advocate 11/10/2002, East Baton Rouge, LA submitted by Charlotte Sehon ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Obituaries in The Advocate on: 11/10/2002 AVERY, MURIEL S. Died Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at her residence in Baton Rouge. Arrangements are pending with Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BABIN, FLORENCE REULET She died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at her home. She was 74. Visiting at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Grosse Tete, from 8:30 a.m. Tuesday until Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., celebrated by the Rev. Michael Schatzle. Interment in Rosedale Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BATES, OSCAR A resident of Baton Rouge, he died at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at his residence. He was 77 Visiting at Desselle Funeral Home, 263 Eddie Robinson Sr. Drive, from 8 a.m. Monday until religious service at 10 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Mary Williams . Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by his wife, Gloria R. Bates. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BLOUNT, SR. TROY ELDRIGE A resident of Baker, he died at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2002, at Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary. He was 84. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BROWN, LEOLA SHOLES JACKSON A resident of Baton Rouge, she died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at her residence. She was 71. Visiting at Winnfield Funeral Home, 7221 Plank Road, from 9 a.m. Tuesday until religious service at noon, conducted by the Rev. Andrew Gibson. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Survived by her husband, Adam Brown. ------------------------------------------------------------------ CARROLL, EFFIE HAZEL SKILLMAN A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. She was 92 . Visitation at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Service at the funeral home at 10 a.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Mark Crosby. Burial in Live Oak United Methodist Church Cemetery, Denham Springs. ------------------------------------------------------------------ DOUGLAS, RUBY ANN She died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, in West Monroe. She was 59. Visiting at Charlet Funeral Home Inc., Zachary, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Visiting at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until religious service at 11 am. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Darwin Hall. Interment in Mount Carmel Cemetery, St. Francisville. ------------------------------------------------------------------ EDWARDS, MARK IRWIN He passed away at 4 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. He was 37. Visiting at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, with recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. Religious service at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Emmanuel, at 2 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Bordelon. Interment in Emmanuel Cemetery.. ------------------------------------------------------------------ KNIGHT, LUBERTHA HANEY A resident of Baton Rouge, she died at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at her home. She was 87. Visiting at Capital Funeral Home from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Religious service at Rock Zion Baptist Church, 3996 Billops St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Excell Payne. Dismissal at 11 a.m. Thursday. Interment in Southern Memorial Gardens. ------------------------------------------------------------------ KNOX, LAURA LEE Laura "Kim" Knox, 45, of Panama City, Fla., died Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, at Gulf Coast Medical Hospital. A family service was held at Wilson Funeral Home on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002. Survived by her son, Jeremy Chad Lee; three grandchildren; her father, Gerald Knox; her stepfather, Herschell Dunham; and her three sisters, Camille Knox and Marsha Pennington, both of Baton Rouge; and Leslie Rich of Sachse, Texas. Preceded in death by her mother, Martha Lois Dunham. She was loved and will be missed. ------------------------------------------------------------------ LEACH, JR. ELTON HAROLD A resident of Baton Rouge, he died Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002. Visiting was at Welsh Funeral Home, 6700 Florida Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Visiting at the funeral home from noon until service at 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Chris Andrews. Interment in Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Survived by his wife, Kathryn Streat Leach. ------------------------------------------------------------------ OWEN, CHESTER CREIGHTON Funeral service for Chester Creighton Owen will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2002, in the First Baptist Church, Leesville, with the Rev. Chris Blanchard, the Rev. Wallace Palmer and Dr. Glen Cooley officiating. Burial in Leesville Cemetery. Visiting at Hixson Funeral Home, Leesville, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. to noon Monday. Visiting at the church after 1 p.m. Monday. He was 77 He died at his residence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ROBINSON, CURTIS He died at 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2002, at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Mid City. He was 77. Visiting at Fraternal Funeral Home, Clinton, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. Visiting at Providence No. 2 Baptist Church, the Rev. Q.T. Ellis, pastor., La. 19, Ethel, from 6 p.m. until religious service at 8 p.m. Monday, conducted by the Rev. Rodney Freeman. Dismissal at 10 a.m. Tuesday . Interment in St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, La. 19, Ethel. Survived by his wife, Hilda W. Robinson ------------------------------------------------------------------ VAUGHN, SR. ISAAC JOSEPH He died at 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at River West Medical Center, Plaquemine. He was 80 . Visiting at Wilbert Funeral Home, Plaquemine, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Monday. Religious service at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, Pierre Part, at 11 a.m.Monday, conducted by the Rev. Joe Camilleri. Entombment in church mausoleum. ------------------------------------------------------------------ WILSON, BERTHA CHILLIS She died at 1:06 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans. She was 98. Visiting at Pilgrim Baptist Church, Paincourtville, from 9:30 a.m. Monday until religious service at 11 a.m., conducted by the Rev. Michael Washington. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by a daughter, Ellen Wilson.